I have toured this place a couple of times. It is incredible.From the Guardian: By age 20 Francesco Mannarino had seen more of life than was good for him. The son of a Sicilian fisherman, he had been seized as a boy by Muslim pirates and converted, perhaps forcibly, to Islam.

In the early 17th century apostasy was not an offence so long as the convert reported promptly to the officials of the dreaded Inquisition after being ransomed or recaptured. Mannarino did so, but something must have failed to convince them he was still truly a Christian and he was thrown into the dungeons alongside Palazzo Steri in Palermo. Read More

And that's not easy because the family as the basic unit of Italian society is built into the Italian constitution. This judge says it is abusive to bring a child to mafia meetings, indoctrinate him for entry into criminal organizations, and reduce his life's horizons. That it is just as much a crime as giving a child a syringe or a kalishnokov rifle. Read the story in English in The Guardian by clicking on the caption. Read More

I wanted to add that the judge is usually dealing with teenaged boys, but girls often go to the justice system to look for help getting out of forced marriages. Mafia bosses want their daughters to marry the sons of certain other mafia bosses to create alliances, to have grandchildren in common, and therefore cement bonds with family blood. Just like kings and queens of yore.